Every morning I wake up and open the blinds to greet the sun with a beautiful warm smile. Just kidding—I usually fall back to sleep and try and squeeze a few more minutes of shuteye.

Every day on my way to middle school I used to pass this giant, creepy mural of all these babies. Don’t stare into their eyes for too long or they will steal your soul!

On my walk to high school I would pass this statue of a saint, sitting lopsided in a rusty garden. One day I passed by and the statue had no head. Then all the plants in the garden started to wither away. He’s since gotten his head back, but the plants have not regrown.

These days I’m in college, and each day I pass by this window display—filled with more creepy babies.

This is my friend Maddy. She found $20 on the ground, so we decided to be responsible adults and spend it on scratch cards. We won $6!

I have a lecture class at 8:30 every Monday morning. My notebook usually ends up more doodles in the margins than proper study notes.

Here I’m working on a school assignment. I’m very messy and always manage to get charcoal all over me.

I always carry a lot of useless shit around with me. Having a full backpack comforts me.

I absolutely love this. It somehow reminds me of the artist Ai Weiwei because he has a lot of pictures where he sticks out his middle finger whilst taking a picture of stuff AND his hand. This is definitely one of my favourite Rookie photo sets so far!

Psst! Hey! Can you keep a secret? This month's theme is TRUST, which is about honesty and its opposite, plus so much more. If you’d like to entrust us with an essay or a photo set, comic, poem, short story, or any other pitch you’ve got, please email it to submission@rookiemag.com. ✪

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